B53. Creatures and objects from severed genitals.
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Thecharacter's huge genitals are cut off (usually cut to pieces), discarded, turning into snakes or other creatures or objects.
Melanesia. Mountain arapes [men carried their long penises in baskets; if a woman was far away, the penis crawled to her underground; one man hung a basket on a rotten branch, she fell; he cut off his penis, he turned into an eel]: Mead 1940, No. 3:360-361; kukukuku [the man lived on a mountain, let his long penis at a woman collecting sweet potatoes in the field; she was in pain, she cut off the end of her penis, that turned into an eel; a man went down, cut off a woman's breasts, threw them into the river, they became fish; unmarried young men should not eat these fish, they can eat eels]: Fischer 1968, No. 31:391; Trobrians [ Inuvayla'u, the head of the clan, copulated with the wives of his younger pametri brothers and nephews, sending them his long penis when they were working in the garden or swimming in the lagoon; the penis smashed calebasses, the women could not bring water and were ashamed to explain to their husbands why; then they said the men threw I. into the water; he went out, told his mother to pack up and leave; cut off pieces of the penis and testicles, they turned into stones (they are still shown); I. sailed away with his mother; returning to his native village, I. taught people songs and dances; var.: he was not allowed to return, his mother could bring water and were ashamed to explain to their husbands why; ali in the garden or swam in the lag]: Malinowski 1932:348-352.
Tibet is the Northeast of India. Kachin (jinpo) [the female genitals were long, their husbands cut them off, threw them into the water, they became leeches; the rice was on the island in the sea; the birds refused to fly there, leeches brought rice for a promise comply with any request they may have; asked them to be returned to their place; the men replied that this was not possible; since then, leeches have been ferocious and have been looking for blood]: Elwin 1958a, No. 11:316-317.
South Asia. Konda (kuttia) [the penis was very long, crawled towards the woman like a snake; the female genitals matched him, hung in a bag; the wife hit the penis, it shrunk; she cut off her organ, threw it in river, it became a turtle]: Elwin 1954, No. 3:474; sora (Hill Saora) [the vulva was an inch wide, the clitoris was as thick as the big toe, three toes long, at night the genitals went away and walked around themselves to himself; Kittung accidentally stepped on a walking vulva, she screamed; he threw it into the water, it became a turtle, her neck and head were the clitoris; woman K. put chicken genitals]: Elwin 1954, No. 41:393; juang [the vulva had no hole; Mahesur Risi tore off a piece of flesh, threw it into the river, and a leech appeared]: Elwin 1949, No. 48:265.
The Midwest. Winnebago [Trickster sends his penis into the hollow to get a chipmunk; he gnaws off his penis; Trickster throws the gnawed parts into the water, turning them into wild edible plants (listed nine types of bulbs, tubers, etc.)]: Radin 1956, No. 38-39:38-40.
Plains. Omaha, ponka [Iktinica chases the chipmunk, he hides in a hole; I. puts his penis in there, the chipmunk bites off pieces from it; they turn into all kinds of fruits and edible plants]: Dorsey 1890:551; iowa [Gopher teases Ischinki; I. drives him down a hole, puts his long penis in it; Gopher bites off him piece by piece until the penis reaches that the size it has now; I. turns bitten pieces into all kinds of berries and fruits; the head into an acorn]: Skinner 1925, No. 34:494-495; Pawnee (kitkehahki) [the Coyotes had a long penis, they they wrapped him around his waist; sitting on the shore, they let him into the water; women thought snakes were swimming, they rushed to run; the Coyote chief had the longest penis; he hears the rustle in the ground, promised to kill the one who scrapes, with his penis, lets it go into the hole; the penis is gnawed to pieces; the Coyote throws a handful of pieces in four directions; the pieces turn into plum trees, vines, berry bushes, walnut trees; an insect emerges from a mink, says that Coyote penises will now be short; this story is told to children not to eat too many fruits and berries, but to leave them adults]: Dorsey 1906, No. 142:464-465
California. Screw [girl calls Coyote to copulate; disappears; Coyote looks for her, finds a little insect; puts it on her penis; it itches and swells; Coyote cuts it off, throws it into the river; penis turns into a fish; Coyote later catches and eats it]: Demetracopoulou, Dubois 1932, No. 2 [Louse girl; lice breed on Coyote's penis; he cuts off piece by piece, makes a new penis out of a pine female; catches salmon, when he roasts, sees that they are pieces of his penis], 34-35 [Flea girl; the crow tells Coyote he is eating his own penis; he is nauseous]: 406-409, 459-461.
Guiana. Oyampy [Yaneya leaves; the pregnant wife follows him; the twins from her womb show her the way; ask her to pick flowers; she is bitten by a wasp; she refuses to collect, the twins fall silent; a woman goes to the Jaguars, Jaguariha eats her; the Mayamayali and Wayamakale twins (is poppy a monkey?) jump on a tree; Jaguariha calls them back; A dove hunting talks about his mother's death; M. and Y. lure the Jaguars to the bridge, create piranhas in the river; V. cuts off the vine ahead of time, two jaguars they save themselves, the rest are eaten by piranhas; M. almost revives his mother, V. hugs her ahead of time, she falls apart; by the sea, their father cuts down a tree, chips turn into fish; the father tests his sons, M. does not He withstands; the father tells him that he is not his son, but the Monkey; makes a parrot out of his skin, monkeys out of flesh; in the morning the father rises to heaven; M. makes a woman out of wood; V. appears again, despite warning makes love to a woman; she turns into a hard tree, his penis becomes long, he wears it in a basket; comes to the village; while men sleep, he dances with all women; they go into a hole, disappear underground; a parrot and a monkey remain in the village; while men hunt, they take off their feathers and skins, cook; V. comes out of the hole; one woman cuts off his long penis; a piece stays in the vagina; once in the river, it turns into an eel]: Grenada 1982, No. 5:69-72.
Western Amazon. A young man copulates with a frog, which he calls inadvertently when he hears her screams; unless otherwise: aquatic creatures heal him by cutting off pieces of his penis and returning it to normal size; the pieces turn into anaconda. Napo [heals Huancani (otter?)] : Mercier 1979:91-93; canelo [in the afternoon at the precinct, the younger brother tells the older brother he wants a woman; in the evening a frog (her name is apparently Piripiri) came up to him; the youngest had sex with her, she galloped off, pulling his penis with him; the eldest went for help; at that time the Big Otter (yacu puma, "river jaguar") came; cut off the excess from the penis, pieces into the basket, scattered them along the rivers; from pieces amarun anacondas arose]: Whitten 1985:66-67; shuar: Pelizzaro 1993 [treat manatees]: 164-165; Rueda 1987, No. 45 [hearing the frog's voice, the young man wants it to become a woman and get along with him; meets a girl, converges with her, his penis gets long; he takes drugs, squeezes out the Wankánim watermen sailing in boats; they cured him, cut off the excess from his penis; threw the pieces into the water, they have become an anaconda; contrary to warning, a young man comes to fish in these places, the anaconda swallows it], 45a [as in (45)]: 198-199, 200-201.
NW Amazon. Desana [the youngest son of the Sun sleeps with his elder's wife; he kills his brother; cuts off his penis, throws him into the river, he turns into a uniu fish (penis); the Sun revives his son; masturbates in the woods; the witness is the abe mushroom (penis) -yeru (month/sun); the sun makes him a new penis for his son; the son dies again soon; the new penis is also thrown into the river, turns into a different type of fish]: Reichel-Dolmatoff 1968, No. 12:204; 1971:261-262.
Montagna - Jurua. Shipibo [a man meets a beautiful woman in the forest; this is the Frog; she warns him not to copulate with her, he does not listen; his penis becomes long, he wraps it around his neck; from the joint wants to be eaten by a jaguar; otters invite him to their place; The male otter lubricates his penis with medicine, cuts him into pieces that turn into various fish and anaconda; gives the person fish, tells him not tell at home what happened; he complies with the ban]: Roe 1990, No. 2:150-155; amahuaca [the first person wears a penis wrapped around his neck; sends it to crawl towards women; after his death, a penis cut, thrown to the river; pieces produce catfish; thanks to them, fish multiply]: Huxley, Capa 1964:92.
Bolivia - Guaporé. Takana [someone steals cotton from the field; a man is waiting for two women; they are sisters Luna and Morning Star; Luna advises taking a sister, but he wants the Moon; after copulation, his penis grows, he carries it in a basket; at night, the penis crawls towards women; a girl's father cuts it off when he enters a hole in the wall; the severed part turns into an amphisbene, lives in a termite mound; var.2: Moon asks to put the penis in the basket before copulation; from there he crawls to it; var.3: the penis crawls to the sky, copulates with the Moon; the man cuts it off for himself, dies; var.4: every girl and woman, to which the penis crawls, cuts off a piece; the pieces turn into snakes; var.5: first the man, then his wife, cut off pieces from the penis; they make many snakes]: Hissink, Hahn 1961, No. 38:81-83.
Eastern Brazil. Kayapo [mother-in-law complains that his son-in-law is lazy; that night she stretches his wife's clitoris, it becomes as long as a house; mother-in-law leads her daughter to the river, cuts off her clitoris, it turns into an anaconda; daughter recovers ]: Wilbert 1978, No. 97:255-256.